Honestly would you fuk off with all this religious bollocks.

So monkey killing: sport, business or passion, are you in?

As long as its not religious i'm ok with that. 

Monkeys have a great sense of humour.

The relevance, Haswell, is that Hinduism encompasses far, far more than things considered to be supernatural [or things that can't be empirically quantified for your brain], it is a philosophy among other things.

[[Just for your benefit, I had a look at what Wikipedia had to say on Hinduism. It defines it as a religious tradition. Bad luck! Hit the dark corner, brood for a while, then go hit those books! ]]

Of course. But is has a pantheon of deities, some of whom look remarkably God like  There are even Hindu atheists, so all encompassing is Hinduism. But yes it is a religion and as such is as much of a superstition as all the rest. I really shouldnt need to explain this but it seems it is a common case of 'all religions are stupid except the one I'm interested in'.  Buddhism is a philosophy is it not?  As is confucianism and Taoism. All but the latter hold supernatural beliefs.  Hinduism deserves no more respect as a religion than any other. Sorry about that but thats the way it is.

[[Just for your benefit, I had a look at what Wikipedia had to say on Hinduism. It defines it as a religious tradition. Bad luck! Hit the dark corner, brood for a while, then go hit those books!  ]]

If you think Hinduism isn't a religion, you are going to offend a shitload of Hindus.  But any supernatural belief system immersed as it is in superstitious behaviour can call itself a philosophy if it so desires.

You might be right. I might be a dick but it doesnt alter the nature of Hinduism one iota.

Oh, and I like Stevie Wonder's definition better.

No kidding?  I dont actually claim anything of the kind, fully accepting that there are atheists who call themselves Hindu. Not too polemic for you I trust?  fact of the matter is, just like all the other major world religions,  Hindus of every type just cannot decide amongst themselves what is true Hinduism. But they call that sincere theological debate.

It's so much more than a religion. It can lay claim to introducing probably the original caste system.  That's a really sounfd philosophical achievement; they must be very proud.


I never claimed that. You made that statement; I simply state that, like catholicism, I do not need to know every nuance of its delusion to recognise its superstitious basis. But I guess, its Ok to knock religion as long as its the Catholics, per se(sneaked in) and not any other that "I happen to be interested in'.  Every religion, has a philosophical arm. Thats why they have Theologists as well as a priesthood.  Im sure you knew that.

By any definition its easy to show that all religion is superstition; even the religious accept that - when they talk of other people's religions 


So are you saying those Hindus that embrace the supernatural element are not real Hindus? I dont think you are but even in terms of numbers alone, the 'Super' Hindus must outnumber the 'bright' Hindus by several magnitudes.  Of course, numbers gave no indication of if there is any truth in it but quite simply, Hinduism asserts itself as the oldest major religion in history. Hinduism is a recognised religion for charitable purpose. Hinduism is recognised religion for any purposes. Like I say, its quite plausible to be a Hindu and be an atheist, but being an atheist does not preclude you from supernatural delusion.